Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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